The Adventure starts!

Over the past few months Beth and I have been watching the Gulls that
chose the island just outside the Port at IJmuiden as a breeding
ground for their young.

We have seen them nesting and then in mid June we spotted the first
lot of chicks hatch and start to gradually explore the island never
going too far from their parent, as the season went on more and more
chicks hatched and with this came the noise of the young chirping at
their mums and dads to feed them, I even saw one getting fed – it is
always an interesting sight!

As we are now heading on to half way through July and the young gulls
have been on a high protein diet of fresh fish, they are big now and
starting to stretch their wings ready to take flight and head out on
their own.

Some of them have already done this and headed down to the lower areas
of the island ready to make their own journey without their parents.

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What is the ORCA / DFDS Seaways partnership all about?

Whale and dolphin charity ORCA and international ferry operator DFDS Seaways have been working together for ten years to study the wildlife of the North Sea.

2017 sees the start of the tenth year of our ground-breaking initiative to place ORCA Wildlife Officers on board DFDS Seaways ferries sailing across the wildlife rich waters of the North Sea between April and September.
Working on board the King Seaways operating between Newcastle and Amsterdam, our Wildlife Officers Lucy McLeod and Julia Kestler continue to be a huge hit with the general public.